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- ↑ "Makaya Ntshoko's biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story – 650.org". 650.org. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- Lars Rasmussen, "Makaya Ntshoko". Grove Dictionary of Jazz online.
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